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Ed Wood-o-manes may want to sully their pedicures in this one.
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
The Violent Years
Teenage Killers Taking Their Thrills Unashamed!
1956 · 57m · N/A
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
William Morgan
Overview
A newspaper publisher's daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up gas stations, raping young men at gunpoint, and having makeout parties when her parents are away. Their "fence" gets them to trash the school on request of sinister un-American clients, and they run afoul of the law, apple pie, and God himself.
Director and cast
- William Morgan Director
- Jean Moorhead as Paula Parkins
- Barbara Weeks as Jane Parkins
- Art Millan as Carl Parkins
- Theresa Hancock as Georgia
- Joanne Cangi as Geraldine
- Gloria Farr as Phyllis
- Glenn Corbett as Barney Stetson
- Lee Constant as Sheila
- I. Stanford Jolley as Judge Raymond Clara
- Timothy Farrell as Lt. Holmes
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